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the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action
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A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.
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The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
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An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.
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A comparison between two things, typically on the basis of their structure and for the purpose of explanation or clarification.
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A person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something; an adversary.
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an event, conclusion, statement, etc., that is far less important, powerful, or striking than expected.
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A person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else.
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An exclamatory passage in a speech or poem addressed to a person (typically one who is dead or absent)
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Argumentative essays are most often used to address controversial issues
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non-scientific observations or studies, which do not provide proof but may assist research efforts |
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Language belonging to an earlier time and generally no longer used.
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A remark by a character in a play intended to be heard by the audience but not by the other characters.
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In poetry, the repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in nonrhyming stressed syllables
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The emotional feelings inspired by a work.
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The assembled spectators or listeners at a public event, such as a play, movie, concert, etc.
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An account of a person's life written by that person
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A poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas
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A four-line stanza in iambic meter in which the first and third unrhymed lines have four metrical feet and the second and fourth rhyming
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Prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.
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An account of someone's life written by someone else.
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Verse without rhyme, esp. that which uses iambic pentameter
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